Portal Turrets

These are a minimalistic representation of the Turrets from the Portal game series. These were done individually on 3x3 squares of foamcore.

These are a minimalistic representation of the Turrets from the Portal game series. These were done individually on 3x3 squares of foamcore.

I was not a part of the hanging process of the show, but I told the people who were hanging it to put the turrets in obscure places, and then I would have a game for people to find them. I told them to put one on the wall and give it a ridiculous white space frame. I did not know they were going to give me an entire wall. It was quite comical coming into the gallery to see this.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

Photo credit by Alex Lafferty.

This piece was done for a show titled 'Heroes' at Cal U. While the Turrets from Portal generally aren't regarded as 'heroes,' I decided to pick them anyways. For the show, I placed one on the wall and hid the other eleven, asking people to find them all. I wanted it to be interactive. The theme I was going for was: you probably wouldn't notice just one, but when you start to repetetively see them, then they catch your attention. To me, they are all a single unit. I had a lot of fun making them and everyone else enjoyed looking for them at the show.